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Right before this, I was trying to add data to a table within the "ijdb" database, and the data included several single and double quotes. I may have done something inadvertent involving quotes and escaping, because I couldn't get back to the [mysql>] command prompt. I closed down my Terminal window, tried to USE ijdb, then when I was given the error I entered the SHOW DATABASES command.

If I bombed the mysql database is there anything I can do to recover it, or do I need to reinstall?